21 Thais, foreigners held in Pattaya gambling bust
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published : 9 Jan 2021 at 13:46
23 Many gamblers, both Thais and foreigners, are found inside two rooms at a condominium on Jomtien Sai 2 Road in Pattaya, Chon Buri province, during a police raid in the early hours of Saturday. (Photo by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
CHON BURI: Twenty-one people, 16 of whom were foreigners, were arrested during a raid on a condominium in Pattaya beach city in the early hours of Saturday.
A combined team of Pattaya police, tourist police and health officials jointly raided Espana Condominium & Resort on Jomtien Sai 2 in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district around 1am on Saturday.
Chon Buri is ready for more visitors
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Governor anxious to play down fears
published : 1 Jan 2021 at 04:00
2 The Mahachai train station market in Samut Sakhon lies deserted after strict measures were imposed restricting transport and people’s movements into the province. It is one of several clusters blamed for the new Covid-19 outbreak. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The governor of Chon Buri yesterday denied the province was under lockdown and said local authorities were actually considering an easing of restrictions to draw visitors back to the seaside province.
Pakkhathorn Thianchai, who is also chairman of the provincial communicable disease committee, said Chon Buri was also open to outsiders and they would not have to self-quarantine when they returned home.
Chon Buri police chief transferred over gambling den covid reports
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published : 31 Dec 2020 at 11:59
23 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, right, inspects Covid-19 responses in Chon Buri province on Wednesday. (Photo: Government House)
The Chon Buri police chief has been transferred to an inactive post in Bangkok after reports a person infected with Covid-19 had visited an illegal gambling den in the province.
The order transferring Pol Maj Gen Prakarn Prachong to the operations centre of the Royal Thai Police Office was signed by national police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk. It was effective from Wednesday.
In a separate order signed by the police chief, Pol Maj Gen Thiti Saengsawang, deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 1, was made acting Chon Buri police chief.